Sign language interpreter video will be prioritized in Teams meetings, making them more visible and using higher quality video. PowerPoint Live in Teams will allow users to magnify slides in their personal experience of a meeting. Microsoft Viva admin becomes more organized but hasn't yet got its own admin center. More on this week's episode...
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New home experience for Viva Connections desktop
If your organization is using Viva Connections in Teams a new home experience will be arriving soon. The new landing page will show dashboard cards, news and communities feed, resources menu and frequent sites. If your org subscribes to other Viva apps, you can navigate to them from this new home experience. The question is, what happens to your existing home site? Find out on this episode.
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Microsoft Teams Premium and other goodies
Daniel and Darrell take a look at the Message Center after all the Microsoft 365 announcements at Ignite. Microsoft Teams Premium was announced and is set to shift some existing features into the new Premium plan. Microsoft Office is becoming Microsoft 365, the mobile app AND the collection of Online apps will be accessed from microsoft365.com.
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Survey Teams meeting effectiveness with Viva Insights
Start a plan with your team to improve your meetings and survey the occasional meeting to determine their effectiveness. There's more to this new capability than you would think. Hear Daniel and Darrell deep dive into this update and more this week.
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The Stream Web App – with special guest Marc Mroz
Microsoft Stream is getting ready to become a web app and we have a special guest: Marc Mroz, Principal Program Manager Lead for Microsoft Stream! The preview will soon switch to GA and present us with a list of all the Stream videos we have access to across Microsoft 365. There's even a message this week showing us a first cut of the Stream Videos page that can be created for SharePoint sites.
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Cameo in PowerPoint Live
Cameo is a PowerPoint feature that adds your live webcam into your slide content. With this update, it will also be supported in PowerPoint Live while presenting in Teams meetings. Presenters can use Cameo in PowerPoint Live, while seeing presenter view and the video gallery of attendees who have their cameras on. This update and more on this week's show!
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Join meetings with ID & passcode, Teams Chat with self, and more
Access to Teams meetings becomes easier and more secure with meeting ID's and passcodes. Teams Chat with self will let you leave a note for yourself using Chat. You'll also be able to start a Loop on your own and prepare it before sending it. What else to we have lined up this week? - We're improving search usage reports with Microsoft Search - Microsoft Feed on the Outlook Mobile Search Page - Join Meetings by a Meeting ID and Passcode - Inline Suggestions Available While Composing an Email or Meeting Invitation in Outlook on the Web - New Location for Key Functions and Direct Access to Other Microsoft 365…
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Collaborative Annotations on Presenter Shared Screen
During a screenshare in a Teams meeting, annotate on the shared content with your team members. Whiteboard tools will be available to add ink, sticky notes, collaborative cursors. Also in this episode, we discuss several Outlook updates, including the brand-new Outlook for the desktop!
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Prevent leaked Outlook for Windows from syncing
Microsoft have swiftly provided a way for organizations to prevent a purported leaked build of a new Outlook client for Windows from syncing with work mailboxes. Daniel and I discuss this and more.
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Microsoft Loop components in Outlook Mail
Live Loop collaboration is about to expand into Outlook Mail. The portable canvas for work will be able to be embedded and shared in email to reach even more people for contribution. What benefits does this add over and above Loops in Teams chat? Be sure that Daniel and Darrell have some opinions on the subject.
